The scooters of Munich-based Govecs, the leading European manufacturer of electric scooters, are now available in the US.

Over the past year, Electric Avenue in Austin, Texas, has been working with Govecs to federalize the European models and test the market. Three different models are available at this time:

So far about 25 Govecs scooters have been sold locally and nationally. Mark Zse-To, the owner of Electric Avenue, plans to open other outlets across the States modeled on the Austin store, which also sells gas-powered scooters. He has secured a loan from the Small Business Administration and is putting together a plan to raise more money through crowd-funding. It is unclear at this stage how Govecs will structure its distribution in the US market.

Govecs S2.4

We welcome Govecs to the US market and hope other European manufacturers will follow suit, because it will certainly bring some excitements to the electric scooter market!